The Lucky Farmgirl
Chapter 995 - 974 - : Seeing the Doctor Again

Chapter 995: 974 Chapter: Seeing the Doctor Again

Manbao pressed Yin Huo onto the chair while circling back to her own seat, "Come, let us first check your pulse."

Yin Huo hesitated for a moment before stretching out his hand for her to take his pulse.

While taking his pulse, Manbao asked, "What medicine are you currently taking? Do you have the prescription?"

Yin Huo looked up at her and recited the prescription.

Manbao listened and nodded slightly, saying, "It’s a really good formula for replenishing qi and blood. How long have you been taking it?"

"This prescription for two years."

Manbao looked up at him in surprise, "Has it never changed? Have you been taking it continuously?"

"It’s not continuous. I take a break every seven days for two days, consuming only medicinal meals to replenish my qi."

But surely not the same prescription for two years?

Manbao was skeptical, "Who prescribed this?"

"Imperial Doctor Tan," Yin Huo looked up at her and said, "I think the formula is quite good. Except when I’m ill, I mostly consume it to nourish my body. My health is better than it was two years ago."

Manbao withdrew her hand, asking him to lift his other hand, and touched it as well.

Seeing Manbao’s conflicted expression seemed amusing to Yin Huo. After a long wait, as she examined his tongue coating and complexion, he took the initiative, "Just say what you have to say."

Was there anything he couldn’t bear to hear?

Manbao said, "I think you should change the prescription. Although the medicine you’re currently drinking is good, taking it continuously for two years... it’s not advisable."

Yin Huo smiled and said, "This medicine nourishes the essence and blood."

Manbao paused briefly then nodded, "Yes, replenishing qi and blood will naturally enrich the essence and blood. No problem there."

Daji, who had just brewed some tea, turned to look at Yin Huo and then brought the tea to the two of them. Not avoiding them, he directly sat beside Manbao.

Yin Huo glanced at him but didn’t mind. He picked up the tea with his left hand and took a sip. Whether it was the emotional shock or the steamy tea that intoxicated him, his eyes reddened slightly, and he said, "Once my essence and blood are well-nourished, I can marry and have children."

Manbao quickly said, "I suggest you delay your marriage."

"How late is late?"

"After the capping ceremony," Manbao said, "it would be best to marry at twenty-one or twenty-two."

"That’s impossible. Imperial Doctor Tan said, I can only live until the capping ceremony. Even if I’m well-nourished, twenty-one or twenty-two is the limit. So, my family is planning for me to marry before I am eighteen and definitely have a son before twenty," Yin Huo said with reddened eyes, smiling at the two, "I am already discussing marriage. The engagement will be settled before the year ends, and I should be married next year."

Not just Manbao, but even Xiaosi, who had gradually picked up on the conversation, was surprised with his mouth wide open, staring at Yin Huo in disbelief.

Manbao swallowed and tremblingly asked, "So this medicine..."

"It’s for the sake of leaving descendants."

Manbao and Xiaosi looked at each other, both somewhat dumbfounded.

After a while, Manbao asked, "So, what about you? Do you want to treat your illness with me, or continue taking Imperial Doctor Tan’s medicine?"

Yin Huo remained silent for a long time, making Manbao nervous, but she didn’t dare disturb him and could only quietly wait for his decision.

Xiaosi lifted his eyelids and glanced at Yin Huo, saying, "Confucius said, ’The Master did not talk about prodigies, force or spirits, and who knows if ghosts and spirits exist, let alone an afterlife.’ Would you be willing to live this life in utter ignorance?"

Yin Huo’s chest rapidly rose and fell, his hands slightly trembling as they were tightly clasped together on the table, his lips firmly pursed. After a long moment, he finally said, "My medicine is always prepared at home; I’m not in charge of which doctor I see or what medicine I take."

Manbao immediately said, "That’s okay, do you have money?"

Yin Huo glanced at her and nodded slightly.

"Then it’s settled, you give the money for the medicine to me, and I’ll buy and prepare it for you. From now on, Bai Shan will bring the prepared medicine to school for you every day. Daji will pick up Bai Shan and can also bring you an extra portion each day. As for the medicine at home, do you have any potted plants in your room? If you do, just water them with it, otherwise pour it into some loose soil outside the window. No one will notice."

Yin Huo was stunned, not expecting that the doctor’s service was so thorough, even considering this for him.

Bai Shan cleared his throat and said, "It’s best to pour it outside the window. If you pour it in a potted plant, it’ll start to smell in a couple of days."

Manbao thought about it and agreed, "When you and Bai Er took medicine before, Bai Er was found out because he always chose one flowerpot to pour it into. You were smart to pour it into the ginger, and my sister-in-law said that the ginger you brought always smelled like medicine."

Bai Shan...

Yin Huo asked, "Is the medicine expensive?"

Manbao said, "Not expensive, not expensive. Does your family have ginseng?"

Yin Huo nodded.

"Then just use the ginseng from home, it’s even cheaper. Ginseng nourishes qi, and what you lack most is that breath of energy." Manbao wrote a prescription for him, circling the ginseng, so she wouldn’t need to buy that, and said, "You already have some substance, but your body is weak while also containing dryness and heat, so we need substances of a neutral nature. Let me adjust your condition some more, and soon we can proceed with acupuncture."

Manbao said, "After undergoing two sets of acupuncture, you should start trying to move."

Yin Huo tilted his head, "Move?"

"Yes, once qi is nurtured, it must be allowed to circulate, which will warm and nourish your internal organs, making the qi more harmonious and generate life. And for qi to circulate, you must move." Manbao thought carefully and added, "You know Hua Tuo, right?"

Yin Huo... "The divine healer."

Manbao clapped her hands joyfully, "Exactly, him. His Five Animal Plays are good, but since your body is weak, performing a full set at once might be too demanding. Just perform the Tiger and Bear Plays. Next time you visit us, I’ll teach you."

Yin Huo nodded blankly.

Manbao made thorough arrangements and explained everything in detail. After writing the prescription, she asked him, "Would you like to keep a copy of the prescription?"

Yin Huo looked at her for a long while and then slowly nodded.

Manbao then made a copy for him.

Yin Huo accepted it, and Manbao continued to talk with him, "This prescription is to condition your physical weakness, but actually, you still have another illness—melancholy."

Manbao rambled on, "You shouldn’t take things too much to heart. If you have worries, try talking about them with a good friend..."

Yin Huo glanced at Bai Shan and then said, "I don’t have friends."

Manbao spontaneously said, "That’s okay, you can talk to me. I’m a doctor and also your friend. I won’t tell others about your matters, that’s the very least of our professional ethics babble babble..."

Yin Huo just quietly listened. Outside, Xiaos became impatient and couldn’t help but approach the curtain, saying, "Young Master, we’ve been out for quite some time, we should go back."

Yin Huo then interrupted Manbao’s words and asked, "How much will it cost to treat my illness?"

Manbao waved her hand generously, "Other than the cost of the medicine, you don’t need to pay anything else."

Remembering his mention of not having friends, she added, "But the cook at our house will prepare the medicine, and Bai Shan will bring it to you. Next time you come to our house, maybe you could bring some gifts for them."

After all, friendship is a give and take. You receive my gift, I help you, and after many interactions like this, we become familiar, and naturally, we become friends.